Aerospace, Defense, and Space Industry Services
The aerospace, defense, and space industry is ever-changing, meaning, as materials and process experts, we are ideally placed to develop lighter, safer, stronger, and smarter solutions, whether that is for aircraft, engines, or space applications.
With materials expertise and extensive cross-industry experience we can provide you with materials and process development and optimization, root cause investigation of failures, and additive manufacturing (AM) support.
From our state-of-the-art laboratories (Nadcap-approved and ISO 17025 compliant) we also provide characterization of materials and coatings, high temperature and specialized mechanical testing, and validation testing of AM components, across all elements of the aerospace, defense,and space industry.
The rapid rise in the space sector over the past decade has created an equally rapid rise in the need for advanced materials to withstand the harsh operating environments. This market pull, along with support from our existing client base, has led us to invest in an expansion of our mechanical testing and surface contamination capabilities, to include cryogenic environments and Molecular Organic Contamination (MOC) Testing equipment respectively.
Novel coating development is a prominent area of interest for the aerospace industry due to its potential to drastically improve component performance without requiring significant design alterations. Coatings can be used to protect substrate material, functioning as a barrier to moisture, corrosion, and heat, improving harsh environment suitability.
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Why Lucideon?
Our expertise, knowledge, and experience as materials consultants across multiple sectors provides an unrivalled and powerful service to our customers. We can support, advise, and offer an intelligent and integrated solution.
Some of the aerospace & defense projects we have been involved in:
- Design and development of thermal barrier coatings, layers, and components
- Analysis of high temperature materials, e.g., for use in turbine blades
- Detailed material failure analysis of engine and airframe components
- Materials innovation for stronger and lighter protective personnel and vehicle armour
- Materials selection, integrated component design, and testing for extreme temperature and shock in operation
- Surface contamination analysis and solution design for printed circuit board manufacture
- Corrosion analysis and root cause determinations
- Rational materials selection and design for minimized environmental impacts
- Guidance on materials selection and design for legislation
- Component design and near-net-shape fabrication processes
Testing & characterization
» Testing & characterization services for the aerospace and defense industries
White Papers
This white paper looks at applications and potential applications of ceramic materials in the aerospace and defense industry
Composites are being used more and more in many different industries, thanks to the enhanced properties that are realised from the combining of materials
This paper sets out to affirm the value of material characterization in product and process development activities in technology based industries
Case Studies
Monitoring of the in-depth distribution of key alloying elements and trace elements using SIMS
Lucideon's additive manufacturing expertise helped identify root cause of product failure
A manufacturer of ceramic armor for military vehicles and personnel sought pressure-cast forming expertise